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YEAR IN REVIEW
During the past year, World Book editors have added:
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December 1, 1987 - World Health Organisation declares the first World AIDS Day.
December 2, 1911 - Douglas Mawson led the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. (See more under Feature of the Month)
December 3, 1854 - Eureka Stockade incident, a revolt by gold miners, in Australia. (See more under Research Tools > E-books)
December 7, 1941 - Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in World War II. (See more under Research Tools & World Book Explains)
December 11, 1936 - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom gave up the throne.
December 12, 1901 — Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio signal sent across the Atlantic Ocean.
December 13, 1577 - Sir Francis Drake left England to sail around the world.
December 14, 1911 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, reached the South Pole. (See more under Feature of the Month)
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December 17, 1967 - Harold Holt disappeared while swimming alone off Cheviot Beach, near Melbourne.
December 17, 1903 - Orville Wright made first heavier-than-air flight, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. (See more under World Book Classroom)
December 20, 1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, born.
December 25 - Christians celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ.
December 25, 1991 - The Soviet Union was dissolved. (See more under Research Tools)
December 26, 1791 - Charles Babbage, British scientist known as "father of the computer," born.
December 27, 1822 - Louis Pasteur, French chemist, born.
December 30, 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, born. (See more under Research Tools > E-books)
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FEATURE OF THE MONTH —
THE ANTARCTIC
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Centenary of the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition lead by Douglas Mawson
December 2, 1911
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Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole
December 14, 1911
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Research Guides and Pathfinders
Provides links to related World Book articles, study questions, and additional resources.
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PUBLIC LIBRARIES EDITION
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Pearl Harbor - Japanese Invasion
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Pearl Harbor - Japanese Invasion
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PUBLIC LIBRARIES EDITION - Info Finder
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Soviet Union dissolved December 25, 1991
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Soviet Union dissolved December 25, 1991
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E-books
More than 500 titles with downloadable feature, over 5,500 e-books in total.
Offers innovative teaching tools and learning activities to support classrom, library programs and home schoolers. Science Power and Dramatic Learning are featured in this issue.
Science Power -
Each Science Power lesson has its own home page, which contains easy access to all the components of a lesson: the lesson text itself, extension activity, experiment, quiz, critical thinking quesitons, and links to furhter information on the World Book Web and external sites.
Isaac Newton, born December 25, 1642 -
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Dramatic Learning -
A proven approach to building reading fluency and content comprehension through classroom drama.
Race to Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers is a celebration of the innovation of one of today's widely used forms of transport, and a rollicking adventure about the Wright brothers and their adventures at Kitty Hawk.
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